I is for Intolerable Acts This act included a series of new laws that imposed British power on the colonies.One of these closed off the part of Boston so colonists could not trade with anyone else expect the British .
J is for John Adams John Adams was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United states . Hailing from New England, Adams, a prominent lawyer and public figure in Boston, was highly educated and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.
Kis for King George III
King George III was born in London on June 4, 1738. He was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the grandson of George II. He succeeded his grandfather in 1760, his father died in 1751. George III was the first of the House of Hanover to be born and educated as an Englishman. He had high but impractical ideas of kingship. George III was the longest reigning of the male British monarchs. George III was king of Great Britain and Ireland and presided over the loss of the American colonies
L is for Loyalist Loyalists were people who were still loyal to the English King, George III. One third of the colonists were loyalists. After the war many Loyalists returned to Canada and returned to England.
M is for Minutemen The minutemen were the Americans men that were ready for battle or action in less than or exactly one minute.
N is for Naval warfare The most famous naval battle in the war against the British were between John Paul Jones' ship and the Bonhomme Richard, and the British ship, Serapis. Jones refused to surrender even when his ship was sinking. He said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"Then he finally won.
O is for Old Sturbridge Village Old Sturbridge Village is a museum that shows how people in the colonies lived. You see people sawing wood, riding horses, and just walking around the town. And It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres.
Pis for Proclamation of 1763 A law passed by the British which prohibited the colonists from moving west of the Appalachain Mountains.
Q is for QUARTERING ACT Of 1763 The Quatering act of 1763 help the British defray the cost of maintaining troops in America. The Act requiered that the colonists had to supply British troops with food,munitions and barracks.
This act included a series of new laws that imposed British power on the colonies.One of these closed off the part of Boston so colonists could not trade with anyone else expect the British .
John Adams was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United states . Hailing from New England, Adams, a prominent lawyer and public figure in Boston, was highly educated and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.
K is for King George III
King George III was born in London on June 4, 1738. He was the son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the grandson of George II. He succeeded his grandfather in 1760, his father died in 1751. George III was the first of the House of Hanover to be born and educated as an Englishman. He had high but impractical ideas of kingship. George III was the longest reigning of the male British monarchs. George III was king of Great Britain and Ireland and presided over the loss of the American colonies
Loyalists were people who were still loyal to the English King, George III. One third of the colonists were loyalists. After the war many Loyalists returned to Canada and returned to England.
The minutemen were the Americans men that were ready for battle or action in less than or exactly one minute.
The most famous naval battle in the war against the British were between John Paul Jones' ship and the Bonhomme Richard, and the British ship, Serapis. Jones refused to surrender even when his ship was sinking. He said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"Then he finally won.
Old Sturbridge Village is a museum that shows how people in the colonies lived. You see people sawing wood, riding horses, and just walking around the town. And It is the largest living museum in New England, covering more than 200 acres.
A law passed by the British which prohibited the colonists from moving west of the Appalachain Mountains.
The Quatering act of 1763 help the British defray the cost of maintaining troops in America. The Act requiered that the colonists had to supply British troops with food,munitions and barracks.